After an Israeli force assaulted him, an elderly Palestinian was martyred in the West Bank
An elderly Palestinian was martyred north of Ramallah, after an Israeli force stormed his village, detained him, beat him and handcuffed him.
An elderly Palestinian was martyred on Wednesday, north of Ramallah, as a result of a beating by the Israeli occupation army.
The head of the municipal council in the village of Jaljalia, Fuad Fattoum, told Anadolu Agency that the elderly Omar Abdel-Majid Asaad (80 years old), a resident of the village, "was martyred after being detained and attacked by the Israeli occupation army."
He added that an Israeli force stormed the village and detained the elderly man after beating him and handcuffing him.
He explained that the forces withdrew and left the elderly Asaad lying on the ground inside a house under construction, where he died.
And he indicated that the villagers transferred the elderly man for treatment at the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, but his dead body arrived at the hospital, according to the doctors.
There was no comment from the Israeli army on the incident.
To remove Iran from Syria Israeli official: We welcome the Syrian-Gulf rapprochement
The Hebrew newspaper "Yediot Aharonot" quoted an unnamed Israeli official that the Syrian-Gulf rapprochement "may lead to the expulsion of Iran and other elements of the Shiite axis from Syria."
An Israeli official said Tuesday that his country is looking positively at the recent rapprochement between the Syrian regime and the Gulf states, and hopes that "this will lead to Iran's exclusion from Syria."
This came, according to what was reported by the Hebrew newspaper "Yediot Aharonot" about an official it described as "high-ranking", without naming him.
The official said, "Israel looks positively at the recent rapprochement between Syria and the Gulf states, in light of Bashar al-Assad's attempt to revive the economy of his country, which faced a civil war during the past decade."
He added that "such a rapprochement with the Sunni Gulf states may lead to the exclusion of Iran and other elements of the Shiite axis from Syria."
During the past months, the pace of rapprochement between the Syrian regime and the Gulf states increased, which observers considered the beginning of the start of the train of Arab normalization with the Assad regime, 12 years after the suspension of Syria's membership in the Arab League.
The Israeli official considered that the biggest challenge to the Assad regime on the domestic scene is the economic challenge, in light of successive crises and a real difficulty in moving forward.
He added, "One of the solutions that can help him (Assad) is the foreign investment that can come from the Gulf states, which have indicated in recent months to Assad that they are ready to talk."
He continued, "Reducing the Iranian presence in Syria is an opportunity during the new year," without elaborating.
For years, Israel has launched air strikes in Syria against what it describes as "Iranian entrenchment" in the country.
A new Israeli law targets Palestinian content on social media
A Palestinian journalist points to his banned Facebook account
The Ministerial Committee for Legislation in the Israeli government approved, on Tuesday, a draft law granting the occupation wide powers to monitor Palestinian content, by obligating media websites and social networks to delete content that the occupation describes as related to “terrorism, state security, the public and individuals.”
According to Israeli media, the law, which was approved by the Knesset in the first reading, came at the invitation of Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar, as it is likely to be approved in the second and third readings, despite the reservations expressed by some left-wing parties such as Meretz, which is a partner in the coalition. The government, in general, supports the essence and provisions of the law, but demands that some marginal amendments be made to it.
The aforementioned law is an extension of legislative proposals initiated by Minister of Internal Security Gilad Erdan in 2016 and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked in 2017, with the aim of combating Palestinian content and deleting content that supports the struggle of the Palestinian people.
According to the text of the law in the first reading, Facebook gives the Israeli Public Prosecution broad powers to delete content published on social networks and websites, while giving it space to delete digital content on the pretext that it is “incitement.”
The law claims that it aims to combat what he described as "violent content", while the content on social networks such as "Facebook", "Twitter", "Google", "YouTube", and others, under the eyes of the Israeli censor, will be removed and prosecuted. Judicial content on the pretext of committing a criminal offence.
The law that allows the deletion of content on Internet websites, such as news sites, also gives Internet service providers the power to block sites on the grounds that they “incite or invite incitement,” and refer their owners for investigation and prosecution, as the Israeli authorities will compel social networking companies and websites to comply. for its practices and demands stipulated by law.
In this context, the Civil Coalition for Palestinian Digital Rights and the Council of Palestinian Human Rights Organizations warned of the dangerous repercussions of passing the aforementioned law on Palestinian digital rights, as this directly targets freedoms and fights Palestinian digital content.
Israel is making continuous efforts to combat Palestinian content through the digital space. Several years ago, it created the Israeli “cyber” unit, which focuses its work on submitting thousands of reports and communications to social media companies in order to remove Palestinian content from interactive networks, which increased from 2421 requests in 2016 to more From 20,000 applications during the year 2020.